Scientists find new solar systems with planets the same size as ours

At least three rocky planets have been found, two of them being 1.1 times the radius of Earth, and the third planet being nearly the exact size.

The new exoplanet presents a mass 27 times bigger than the Earth's and was found orbiting a star similar to our Sun, located at 600 million light-years far from us. This has listed India among the countries which have discoveries of planets to their credit. Scientists have named the host star as EPIC 211945201 or K2-236.

Ahmedabad, have discovered an exoplanet that is larger than Neptune but smaller than Saturn. It takes them six and 20 days, respectively, to make a complete revolution around the star.

Indigenously designed "PRL Advance Radial-velocity Abu-Sky Search" (PARAS) spectrograph integrated with a 1.2m telescope, was used to measure the mass of the planet, which facilitated the discovery of the planet. The temperature of the surface of the newly-found planet is around 600 degrees Celsius.

According to a report by ISRO, the new planet is a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune sized planet around a Sun-like star, as reported by India Today. It is closer to Neptune, he added.

In a conversation with Times of India, Chakraborty suggested that the planet was six hundred light years away from Earth and would be between Saturn and Neptune in size. The scientists estimate that over 60% of its mass could be made up of heavy elements like ice, silicates and iron.

On the other hand, only a few such accurate and powerful spectrographs exist around the world, the majority of which being in the USA and Europe.

Going forward, the researchers plan to use the upcoming James Webb space telescope to investigate what the atmosphere of these new planets is like, which could give us a big clue as to whether or not they'd be able to support life. The PRL scientists observed the target over a time-baseline of 420 days (in about 1.5 years) using the PARAS spectrograph for probing the nature of the system. However, he said, radial velocity observations as made in this case "are not, in general, discovery observations but [a] look at already known planetary systems for a better understanding of their nature".

Related Articles

This technology could be a way to clean the air by reusing the carbon dioxide from the air and not extracting it from the ground. Following successful tests at the pilot plant, Carbon Engineering is now planning to build a larger facility to sell fuels.

With supposedly their biggest conference to date, and a new Fallout game in the works, the Bethesda stream should be fun. While Youngblood appears to be a more traditional entry in the franchise, Wolfenstein Cyberpilot is actually a VR game.

Robert De Niro walked onto the stage of the 72nd Tony Awards on Sunday night to introduce a performance by Bruce Springsteen . Lane, who won for best featured actor in a play, said "Angels" still speaks to society in the midst of "political insanity".

Trudeau's office said he had not said anything in his closing G7 news conference he has not said to Trump before. Another posting says he is looking forward to straightening out unfair trade deals with the G7 countries.

Fernando Alonso's F1 future remains unclear after he retired from his 300th Grand Prix before making his Le Mans debut this week. It meant Hamilton, along with Valtteri Bottas and the Force India/Williams drivers, remained with their original spec engines.

Under increasing pressure, Patterson announced a radical plan to cut job and save 1.5 billion pounds a year by 2020/21 last month. The company said a poor reaction to its latest results, in which BT set out plans to cut 13,000 jobs , had prompted the move.

These include a "ban on insurers denying coverage and charging higher rates to people with pre-existing health conditions". But under the GOP tax bill signed into law last December, tax penalties for people without insurance were eliminated.

Gears Tactics takes place 12 years before the events of the first game, with COGS facing off against the early Locust invasion. This time, Kait Diaz appears to be stepping into the lead as she confronts a lingering thread from Gears of War 4 .

Trump torpedoes G7 united front as summit ends
Trudeau, in Quebec City for bilateral meetings with non-G7 leaders after the summit, did not comment as he arrived. Trump called his remarks "very dishonest and weak", citing Canada's imposition of tariffs on dairy products.

Former Senate intel committee staffer indicted
James Wolfe, 58, was indicted on three counts of making false statements about his contacts with three reporters. If you use encrypted methods to talk to the press (or with sources), make sure you know how they actually work.